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‫We're now moving on to one of the more trickier questions in the Alps reading test, and that is matching

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‫headings question.

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‫We're going to be looking at some tips and strategies to try and help you answer this as best you can.

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‫Let's have a look at the basic information for this question type.

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‫So, once again, a lot of students find this particular question to be one of the most difficult question

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‫types in the Alps reading test.

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‫And that's because they don't understand what the question is asking them to do.

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‫So in this lesson, I'm going to try and explain this question type in its simplest form and show you

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‫an easy example.

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‫Then we'll look at some strategies.

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‫In explaining it and it's easy to understand terms, this question is asking you to paraphrase the meaning

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‫of each paragraph you'll need to say with headings what each paragraph is telling you.

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‫So you're going to have to get a quick understanding of each paragraph in the passage.

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‫Let's take a look at an example here.

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‫So I have two short paragraphs and of course, your reading passage will be much longer than that.

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‫I'll give you some time now to read through this and then I'll show you two headings that I'd like you

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‫to try and match to the paragraphs.

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‫Take some time now and read through the passage.

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‫Now, let's take a look at the headings, so A, the cosmic crash happened a very long time ago and

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‫B, leading scientists witnessed collision in space.

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‫So where do you think these two headings go?

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‫Well, the cosmic crash happened a very long time ago, matches with the second paragraph, it gives

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‫you a quick gist of what the paragraph is saying.

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‫The leading scientists witnessed collision in space matches with the first paragraph.

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‫So, again, these headings give you a shorthand description of what each paragraph means, and that's

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‫what this question is asking you to do.

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‫Here is an example of this question.

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‫Type from an eells reading test.

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‫At the top, we have the list of headings and then underneath we have the sections.

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‫Of course, this is missing the passage.

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‫So let's take a look at some key tips for answering this question.

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‫Then we'll look at the exact strategy.

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‫Getting a quick understanding of each paragraph is key, and this is where skimming is a very important

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‫skill to you, topic sentences are also really important.

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‫They'll be the first or second sentence in the paragraph.

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‫These will give you the overall meaning of this section of the passage.

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‫Your understanding of synonyms will be highly tested with this Question Time.

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‫So let's take a look at the strategy.

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‫First, read the instructions carefully and check the question time, then beginning with the headings,

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‫read and underline key words, once you've done that, it's time to move over to the passage and skim

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‫and scan for understanding.

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‫There may be certain sentences that you want to read and a little bit more detail to get a better understanding

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‫of the passage.

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‫But don't read every single word carefully as you're going to run out of time.

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‫So once you've skimmed and scanned through the passage and you feel like you have a pretty good understanding

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‫of each paragraphs, meaning then start underlining key words in the passage, return to the headings

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‫and begin matching against each paragraph.

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‫As with some of the other question types, you can begin to eliminate certain answers which will move

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‫you through answering this question.

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‫So here is the strategy for matching headings.

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‫Try and practice a few of these questions and I'm sure you're going to feel more confident.

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‫See you in the next lesson.